2007-02-28 06:21:41 · 4 answers · asked by tom b 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
"The earliest literary reference to a winch can be found in the account of Herodotus of Halicarnassus on the Persian Wars ("Histories" 7.36), where he describes how wooden winches were used to tighten the cables for a pontoon bridge across the Hellespont in 480 B.C.
Winches may have been employed even earlier in Assyria. By the 4th century BC, winch and pulley hoists were regarded by Aristotle as common for architectural use (Mech. 18; 853b10-13)."
2007-02-28 06:42:35 · answer #1 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Archimedes,the great scientist had used the winches and helix rotary elevator lifter.
2007-02-28 15:09:00 · answer #2 · answered by Tuncay U 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
winches are almost as old as the wheel, but not quite
2007-02-28 17:35:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A wench is usually a young girl or young woman. Back in Middle Ages it was used to refer mostly to peasant girls.
2007-02-28 14:27:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋